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Title: Twyla's Last Trip

Subtitle: A Short on Time Book

Author: Karen Mueller Bryson

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-13

Publisher: Karen Mueller Bryson

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Twenty eight-year old Lucinda Starr is an uptight research psychologist whose deadline to complete her doctoral dissertation is completely derailed by her estranged mother, Twyla Starr's sudden death. Lucinda must take her mother's ashes on a road trip on Route 66, in order to fulfill the requirements of her will and inherit her fortune.

To make matters worse, Lucinda finds herself forced to travel across the country with her mother's easygoing country lawyer, T.J. Yates, who drives her crazy, and his drooling bloodhound, Dakota, who Lucinda finds revolting.

Members Reviews:

Timing IS everything!

In today's busy society, this novel is the perfect length for a one-sitting read. It entertains, informs and takes the reader away from the stresses of everyday life long enough to relax him/her.

Usually I skip the long passages of description in novels and read the dialogue - if written well, I don't miss much of that storyline. In TWYLA'S LAST RIDE, the dialogue truly IS the key - I sympathized with Lucy; I understood TY; and I got caught up in the characters' lives.

The novel leaves you wanting to call your mother to find out if there's anything you don't know about her life that you'd like to know before she passes out of yours. Oh, it also proves that Mom knows you better than you think! Wink, wink.

Twyla's Last Trip

Twyla's Last Trip: A Short on Time Book

Today I finished reading another one of Karen Mueller Bryson's "Short on Time" fiction novellas. I would classify this one as a romantic comedy. It is called, "Twyla's Last Trip".

In the beginning "Lucy" (I call Lucinda that because she hates it! LOL) is a snotty, "mightier than thou" person who cared about nothing or no one more than defending her dissertation, obtaining her doctorate, and getting a job as a professor at a swanky high fallutin' college. She couldn't even be bothered when her mother called her to tell her she was dying! UGH! When her mother, Twyla, died and TJ, her country lawyer called "Lucy" to tell her, she hung up on him. TJ wasn't giving up that easy though, so he drove to her research lab. "Lucy" thought her mother was just a poor "trailer trash" cat lady, but was surprised to find out that she was actually a multi-millionaire. "Lucy" stood to inherit all that money, but Twyla had added stipulations to her will ... She had to take a road trip with TJ (and his hound dog) across the country, stopping several places for photo ops, and ending in California where she was to bury Twyla's remains. I thought it was funny that her urn was shaped like a cowboy boot.

I highly recommend, "Twyla's Last Trip" if you're in need of a quick "pick me up" - can't put it down - read.

What a fun, fast ride!

Karen Mueller Bryson introduces memorable, intriguing characters and sets them off on a non-stop adventure down Route 66, along with roadside attractions and a budding romance between the cold-as-steel Lucinda and the ever endearing T.J. I absolutely loved how Lucinda's deceased mother's innate wisdom reached out from beyond the grave to guide the people she most cared about to find their genuine selves...and to see the potential in each other.

This was a perfect week for a Short on Time Book.